LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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Question
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In the Middle Ages, how did religious and secular concepts of virginity differ?
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secular authorities said that virginity was unimportant, while the Church highly valued it
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the Church said that virginity was unimportant, while the secular authorities highly valued it
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secular authorities said that virginity was an ethereal treasure, while religious doctrines said it was spendable
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religious doctrines said that virginity was an ethereal treasure, while secular authorities said it was spendable
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Virginity was both enticing and frightening. A maiden was admired for her chastity and pure thoughts. She retained the innocence that other women had lost. On the other hand, a maiden was not considered to have had any essential experiences of being a woman.
Detailed explanation-2: -A single woman (also spinster, singlewoman, maiden, and unmarried, unwed or husbandless woman) in the Middle Ages was a woman born between the 5th and 15th century who did not marry.
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